Holly & The Woods fights for rock
Holly & The Woods are challenging the South African music scene: their latest single, "Fighting Back" is a blow on the ram horn declaring their campaign to let fans know Rock is still very much alive.
Entries open for All Africa Music Awards
Entries open today, 15 May, for the 2014 All Africa Music Awards. Works submitted must have been produced from 31 May 2013 to 4 July 2014.
Head vs heart – your heart always wins
Having been busy on a few projects this past week, I've found it hard not to speak about the big debate that will always occur in studio. Whether you are creating a piece of music, writing a new song or mixing your song, it always arises. The funny part - you'll be the only participant in the debate.
Black Coffee scholarship launched
The DJ Black Coffee Foundation, with Bridges for Music and the SAE Institute, have launched an annual scholarship worth R65,000 for a one-year full-time Higher Certificate in Sound Production. The scholarship is open only to physically disabled candidates.
Songwriting - who does what?
One of the most crucial issues for new musicians to address is that of writing songs. This means the creation of the music that will be played, including the lyrics, the melody and the overall musical structure of the songs.
High5: In other news #5
Looking at the last week in music, it seems new artists need to be ever-more innovative in getting noticed, downloads may be done, Prince is fed up with music execs... again, pirates in the UK can look foward to 'love letters' from their ISPs, and exciting predictions are made for the future of music.
What the furore? #RadioSaysNo
You're a musician / band, and you've just released your debut album. You're very excited, you've put your blood, sweat and tears into the project, your friends and family love it, and your production team are high-fiving you. Great - it's ready for the masses, but first it needs media exposure. You're feeling pretty confident, but then...
